Birthplace

Education

1984: B.S. (Geology, Honors), Haverford College, Haverford, PA, Magna cum Laude.

Academic Position

Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 1999- Present

Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Aug. 2002-2003

Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 1995-July 1999

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, July 1995- June 1996

Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 1989- June 1995

Graduate Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1985- October 1989

Graduate Research Assistant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 1984- August 1985

Professional Organizations

AAAS (since 2003)

Geochemical Society (since 1987)

America Geophysical Union (since 1985)

Special Appointments and Awards

Secretary, American Geophysical Union Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Focus Group, 2004-

Member, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Program Commitee, 2004-

Elected Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK, 2003

Geology Editorial Board, 2003 - present

Guggenheim Fellowship, 2002-2003: press release

Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University of Cambridge, UK, 2002-2003

Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK, 2002-2003

UCSB Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, 2001: citation

Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2000-

AGU Committee on Paleoceanography, 1992-1998

JOI - USSAC Ocean Drilling Fellowship, MIT, 1987-88

Elected Phi Beta Kappa, Haverford College, 1984

Professional Meeting Sessions Chaired

Goldschmidt 2002 Geochemistry Conference (Davos, CH), August 2002, co-convened/chaired oral/poster session "Ocean Paleotemperatures"

Fall American Geophysical Union (San Francisco, CA), December 2001, co-convened oral and poster session: "Amplitude and Phasing of Tropical Temperature Signals During the Quaternary"

Fall American Geophysical Union (San Francisco, CA), December 2000, co-chaired oral session: "Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology: Observation and Models II."

Gordon Research Conference in Chemical Oceanography (Meriden, NH), August 1999, invited chair and organizer of: "Tracers in Paleoceanography."

Fall American Geophysical Union (San Francisco, CA), December 1998, co-convened and co-chaired oral and poster session: "Reconstructing Glacial Sea Surface Temperatures."

6th International Conference on Paleoceanography (Lisbon, Portugal), August 1998, Invited chair, oral session: "Innovations in Monitoring Ocean History."

Fall American Geophysical Union (San Francisco, CA), December 1996, co-convened and co-chaired oral session: "Pleistocene Carbon Isotopes."

5th International Conference on Paleoceanography (Halifax, Nova Scotia), October 1995, Invited chair and speaker, oral and poster session: "New Tools and Proxies."

Fall American Geophysical Union (San Francisco, CA), December 1993, co-convened and co-chaired oral session: "Chemistry and Circulation of the Glacial Southern Ocean."

Other Activities

Performed calculations for large format work Spheroid Series / Coming of Age (1999, Beverly, MA) by glass sculptor Henry Richardson.

Oboist, MIT Chamber Players, 1985-1989 (works performed include: Mozart Thirteen Wind Serenade, K. 361; Dvorak, Serenade for Winds, op. 44; Schönberg, Chamber Symphony; Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano; Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques)

Principal Oboist, MIT Symphony Orchestra, 1986-88 (participant in two recording sessions)

Founding Member and Oboist, Osmium Wind Quintet, MIT, 1985-1988

Oboist, Tibor Varga Chamber Orchestra, Germany, 1981

Student of Helmut Winschermann (Founder and Oboist, Deutsche Bachsolisten) Hochschule für Musik, Detmold, Germany, 1981-82

Principal Oboist, Haverford College Orchestra, 1979-81, 1982-84

Oboist, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, 1978-81